Hradisko, loc. 66 (Paleocene of Slovakia)

Also known as Reef 659

Where: Slovakia (49.2° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Montian-Thanetian age of the reef limestones found in younger sediments (Ilerdian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• block of grey-brownish bioherm limestones in microconglomerates; most frequent are algae (45% of the rock)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. Samuel, K. Borza, and E. Köhler. 1972. Microfauna and lithostratigraphy of the Paleogene and adjacent Cretaceous of the Middle Vah Valley (West Carpathian) 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88184: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Heterocoenia gracilis Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
plate 155/3
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Distichoplax biserialis, "Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria, "Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
"Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria Lemoine 1934
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium contraversum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium contraversum" = Lithothamnion
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Elianella elegans Pfender and Basse 1947
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926